Saturday, June 7, 2014

It's the name of the recipe in the cookbook: Favorite Pancakes. And that's just what they are to us. R calls them "hooray fluffy pancakes!" The cookbook is for one or two person recipes so I almost always double or triple it unless I am making them just for the girls. At one point, I lost the cookbook, which had been given to me by a family friend as a going off to college present. Had to order another copy and fortunately used copies were available since it was published in the late 60s. I still haven't found the first one, though I know it is in the house somewhere. It's now promised to my Mom and Dad, who are empty nesters. Though I'm happy to share the recipe, I must admit that I am posting it mostly for my own benefit. I don't ever want to lose this pancake recipe again! That lovely yellow color is from the duck eggs I used this time, but regular chicken eggs work just fine and are what I use most often. I just happened to find out I am allergic to chicken eggs. And chocolate. And cane sugar, apples, citrus, potatoes, coconut, wheat, corn, soy, onions and garlic. I refuse to give up onions and garlic. My allergy antigens will just have to overcome that sensitivity more slowly than if I eliminated. At least I can have spelt flour. I keep reminding myself it's only a short term elimination geared toward resetting tolerances and healing. One thing I learned about pancake batter only recently is that not only can you over mix, you can also under mix. Bring the batter together more than you would for say a muffin batter. A few lumps are okay, but combine it pretty well. Then you will get those lovely diner edges and finish from the first pancake to the last.

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I majored in Food Science because I knew it was a field that would always be changing and innovative. After running a QA lab for a dairy processing facility for a few years, I became a SAHM. Having kids with food allergies taught me more about food in two years than in all my college degree time. I am still learning and changing ideas. Disclosure: I occasionally use affiliate links from amazon.